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West Side alderman, nonprofit spar over housing program Ald. Taliaferro and Northwest Side Housing Center lob accusations over Northwest Side Home Equity Assurance Program operations

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

A West Side alderman recently requested that Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson look into whether or not a local nonprofit has been trying to influence a program created in the 1980s to compensate homeowners who experienced decreased property values due to the neighborhood’s transition from predominantly white to predominantly African American residents.

Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29th) said that he is concerned that the Northwest Side Housing Center (NWSHC), a Belmont-Cragin based nonprofit, may be trying to influence the Northwest Side Home Equity Assurance Program.

Some of the housing center commissioners were recently appointed to the nonprofSee HOUSING PROGRAM on page 13

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AWARDED: Recipients of the city’s Neighborhood Opportunity Fund grants pose with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Austin businesses come into needed capital Five Austin businesses received Neighborhood Opportunity Fund grants

By BLAIR PADDOCK AustinTalks

Stephanie Hart, owner of Brown Sugar Bakery, spent last Saturday in tears. Her third store recently opened at 4800 W. Chicago Ave. with the help of the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund, and there was an outpouring of support from the community.

“A 79-year-old woman came into the bakery after receiving a slice of cake [from friends] and said she has been praying for me to open my doors,” Hart said.

Hart’s business was one of five Austin

businesses to recently receive a grant from the city in a third round of funding. Businesses can receive up to $250,000.

The other four to be awarded grants: Ted’s Place at 5813 W. Madison St.; SkyLight Carpentry Services at 5420 W. Division St..; Coleman’s Bar-B-Que #2 at 5754 W. Chicago Ave.; and Chubby’s Char House at 5963 W. Madison St. Prentiss Harris, owner of Chubby’s Char House, said he’s looking forward to using the funding to open a restaurant that will sell hamburgers, hot dogs and tacos by the end of the year. The grant gives him the op-

portunity to do what the 24-year Austin resident has always wanted: open a business.

“We’re still in the beginning process, so we’re getting the documents that they need,” Harris said. The grant “will give us skin in the game as a new business.”

In summer 2017, 32 businesses — including 5 in Austin — were awarded grants.

The citywide program focuses on South and West Side neighborhoods that have lacked needed investment, said Aarti Kotak, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s deputy chief

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What getting to wellness looks like

Residents share struggles with trauma at West Side’s only triage center

By CONNOR S. CARYNSKI AustinTalks

There’s a longstanding stigma against seeking help when dealing with trauma or other issues related to mental health, especially in the African-American community.

Community member Tanya Ford has experienced this stigma firsthand.

At a recent forum held at the West Side Community Triage and Wellness Center, at 4133 W. Madison St., Ford recounted the experience she had said about six years ago when a close family member struggled with mental health but was unwilling to take medication because of that stigma.

If the stigma did not exist and the family member was able to obtain proper treatment, their eventual death in a shooting may have been prevented, she said.

This week’s forum was aimed at breaking that stigma and encouraging residents to seek the help they need.

The wellness center, which opened in August under the operation of Habilitative Systems Inc. and the Bobby E. Wright Compre-

hensive Behavioral Health ommend the center to Center, gathered doctors, those who could benefit psychologists and comfrom it in the same way munity center workers tothey would recommend gether to provide resources a good restaurant or ice for those who have expecream shop. rienced trauma or mental “This center is here health issues, and correct for us to tell our neighmisconceptions about bors and our family methods of treatment like members about so that counseling or medications. we can receive we can Speakers included repreceive the necessary AustinTalks resentatives from the behavioral health supLEARNING: Dr. Karen Barbee-DixPCC Wellness Center port,” Ford said. on speaks at the West Side Comand Lawndale Christian Jennifer Forbes, clinimunity Triage and Wellness center. cal director at the Bobby Health Center both of which partner with the Wright, provided inforrecently opened wellness mation about services center. the wellness center provides. In addition to Presentations provided information about connecting people to mental health, substance the effects of trauma on children and commu- abuse, housing, employment services and more, nities, methods of managing stress and trauma, Forbes said the center also has a mobile team and ways to care for those affected by trauma. connected through a hotline number to assist About 30 people, including speakers, attend- individuals who can’t make it to the center. ed what was the center’s first public event.

“We want the community to know about Habilitative Systems Inc. Chief Operating this and use this resource,” Forbes said.

Officer Dr. Karen Barbee-Dixon said she hoped “We want this to be an access hub. So when the information provided would influence the people come in, because we are so connected ways audience members think and underscore with so many partners and links, we can the impact communities and partners can have. connect them with services throughout the Rep. La Shawn Ford (8th), who hosted Chicagoland area, not just the West Side.” the event, asked audience members to recAustin resident John Halmon discussed

his own experience being raised in a violent household and how two of his sons have been non-fatally shot. Halmon said his childhood left him with trauma but that he is uncomfortable discussing it outside of his church community and that it can be difficult to seek the help of a professional.

Longtime West Side resident Bertha Purnell discussed her own struggle handling the trauma from her son being shot and killed in June 2017. Purnell said she dealt with the trauma every day but was unwilling to seek help until she reached a crisis point. Oftentimes, people have to step outside of their comfort zone to get the help they need, she said.

“In the black community as whole, there has always been a stigma that you don’t go outside your house and tell your business,” Purnell said. “There’s also a stigma about medication, but we need to get to the point where we are nursed by education.”

Barbee said the event would be the first of many to come. She also encouraged attendants to spread word of the center and to make use of the facility for individual and community wide development.

“It’s my hope that we and those of us that participated will continue to spread the word,” Barbee said. “Community violence affects us all, and it’s going to take us all to come up with a true solution to this problem in our community.”

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West Side music center has evolved into an institution

The Chicago West Community Music Center has been serving kids for 20 years

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

For the past 20 years, a West Side couple has been working to bring music and arts to communities around Garfield Park through the Chicago West Community Music Center.

Husband and wife Howard and Darlene Sandifer founded the center because they felt that the West Side didn’t have much in a way of “high quality music education programs” and quality “community-based fine arts instruction.”

What started as one class geared toward family grew into several programs where teens can learn how to play various musical instruments, sing, dance and understand what it takes to succeed in the music industry. The couple said that they have been gratified with all the impact they have been able to make and they intend to keep going for as long as they can.

Howard is a musician and a songwriter and Darlene’s professional background was mostly in HR and communications.

According to her LinkedIn profile, she is the one who helps place the students into programs and connects them to job opportunities.

Originally, the couple cobbled together funding from their own savings, as well as from donations from friends, relatives and supporters. As years went on, they were able to get funding from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, as well as the Illinois Arts Council and After School Matters.

Howard said that funding is still the center’s biggest challenge.

“There are so many good organizations doing important work [on the West Side] and these same organizations are going after many of the same foundations to seek assistance with funding,” he said.

The center started out with one program, an ‘inter-generational” music class where youth could learn how to play guitar alongside their parents and grandparents.

The original class had eight members.

The couple’s big break came when they were able to get into the Chicago Park District’s Artists in Residence program, which allowed them to get office and classroom space in one Garfield Park’s most iconic buildings — the Golden Dome fieldhouse, 100 N. Central Park Ave. This allowed them to hold more classes and other programs.

Today, the center offers classes teaching students how to play violin, cello, harp and guitar. The classes also teach the ins and

outs of the music business, among other skills. The center also works offers off-site programs.

Howard said that, as of 2017, the center has taught around 750 students. He said that the majority of the students came from West and East Garfield Parks, but that the center has also trained students from nearby West Side neighborhoods and beyond. “[We have had] students come from adjoining neighborhoods, including Austin, North Lawndale, Little Village, Humboldt Park and as far away as Elgin, Aurora and Arlington Heights,” Howard said.

While the couple hoped the center would go over well, Howard said they were still pleasantly surprised by the overwhelmingly positive response from the community. He said that he and his wife tried to involve residents with every aspect of the center.

When asked about the impact the program has had on the students, he forwarded a copy of an essay alumna Erika Wilson, a news producer, wrote on Aug. 15. She recalled that she joined the center in 2008 as a freshman in high school.

That year, her family moved to the West Side. After getting into a fight at a CPS school on the North Side, she was expelled, and her parents got her into a Holy Trinity High School, a West Town parochial school.

Wilson wrote that the school and the center made her a better artist and a better person.

“I remember the singing, the dancing, the resilience, generosity and overall healthy behavior,” she wrote. “I remember meeting Lupe Fiasco and working on his ‘Little Man Project.’ I am a firm believer in the Law of Attraction and because for over three years I was active in CWCMC, what I practiced became my remedy.”

The center is currently recruiting members for its symphony orchestra.

Sandifer said that the orchestra has performed all over Chicago, and even as far away as Paris and Shanghai. He said that he and his wife are fully committed to serving the community, and they are always looking for opportunities to do more.

“We are in the community for the long run,” Sandifer said. “We look forward to continue providing the highest quality fine arts programs possible.”

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GRANTS

Lenders needed from page 1 of staff for neighborhood economic development.

“We have been pushing people to focus on particularly entrepreneurs of color and what they need and the issues of access to capital [to make] an impact on their block and their neighborhoods,” Kotak said.

Craig Chico, a member of the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund Advisory Committee and president and CEO of Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council, said the committee looks for new businesses that have traditionally been left out of government funding. They want to give people opportunities to qualify for traditional lending sources, such as banks, that might not otherwise be available, he said.

“We’re able to loosen the boundaries a little bit and give people a real opportunity that traditionally don’t get those opportunities,” Chico said.

While there have been successes with the program, some businesses have had trouble coming up with the money upfront, he added.

Malcolm Crawford, executive director of the Austin African American Business Networking Association, said he’s seen some businesses struggle to get loans from banks

in order to obtain the grant.

“The whole objective is to get people who never had the opportunity an opportunity to grow,” Crawford said. “But the banks are coming in to say, ‘Hey I need your firstborn’s DNA type.’”

There has been a challenge getting businesses lenders to participate, Kotak said, who added she’s been working with lenders who are thinking creatively about their underwriting and shifting their lending rules to make it easier for businesses.

“We really try to wrap our arms around all of our grantees to really help them,” Kotak said. “So that has been everything from permitting to licensing help to trying to get lenders engaged.”

Once the grants get to the businesses, it’s reinvigorating, recreating and reenergizing neighborhoods, Chico said. With people being able to work and shop in their own community, it improves the quality of life, he said.

“The heart and soul of the entrepreneurs that I’ve met are the core and the fabric of the city of Chicago,” Chico said. “And if we don’t take care of those people in those neighborhoods, then we’re not taking care of our city.”

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BIG WEEK

What will the poor get out of Michelle’s intimate evening?

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he huge billboard where the northbound Dan Ryan merges into the Kennedy near 18th Street got my attention first. The photograph of Michelle Obama was outstanding!

I admit it, I took my eyes off the road to read what the sign said.

“Becoming Michelle Obama – An Intimate Evening.” Maybe it’s just me, but juxtaposing “intimate” with an event held at the United Center has to be an oxymoron.

Admittedly, I have not been to the United Center for a lot of things.

The last time was a couple of years ago when I went to see Bette Midler in concert. I’m sure the tickets my future son-in-law bought cost him a pretty penny, but we were still up in the nosebleed section.

I went to the United Center website and priced the tickets to be sure what I was hearing was true. The cheapest ticket, as I write this column, was about $123 going up to $2,000 plus.

I’m a bit confused. You see, becoming Michelle Obama doesn’t seem like a subject for people who can pay that kind of price range for tickets. They aren’t the ones who need to hear an inspirational message. They will be idol worshippers! As I discussed the event with one of my friends, she had the best advice: Michelle should be charging $5 and speak to those who truly need to hear what she has to say. For to speak the truth, she is not famous for anything she’s done. She has ridden her husband’s coattail to glory.

I don’t know how blind Michelle Obama is to what’s going on in Chicago. But I’ve driven the South Side over the last couple of days, and it looks horrible. If nothing else, it is the people who are suffering, those who see no future, those who have no

vision. Those are the ones who need to hear an inspirational message, who need an intimate evening with the woman whose husband was put in office with their vote.

Without those people, she never would be the Michelle Obama we know today. Without them, she would still be a dowdy housewife, living in Hyde Park whose “kitchens” needed to be touched up!

I’ve read where 10% of the ticket sales are going to charity. When does that 10% get tabulated? You see, accountants can take a hit Hollywood movie that makes millions and claim, when all was said and done, that the movie didn’t make a dime. I’m sure the same pencil pushers will be on this book tour claiming, after subtracting all the expenses, that the charity might get $10,000. And what charity is the money going to? Hopefully it won’t be the Obama Foundation.

I know I can’t afford to go hear her speak, so it’s going to be interesting to see what other paraphernalia is being sold to go along with the high-priced tickets. What about the cost to park? Will there be Michelle Obama T-shirts? I’m sure the book will be available for sale, but for those kind of prices, darn it, a copy of the book should come with the seat!

Barack Obama once said that a rising tide should raise all ships. It is obvious that his family is benefiting from that rising tide more than the people who voted for him!

His campaign promise of “A Change You Can Believe In” has come to fruition! Sadly, those who were the least fortunate but made it possible for him to get there don’t get anything out the deal.

ARLENE JONES

Attend the West Side Men’s Health Fair On Saturday, Sept. 29, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at The Loretto Hospital, 645 S. Central Ave., Loretto and West Side Men will host the West Side Men’s Health Fair. The event will feature information on heart health, mental health and stress management, fitness and nutrition and financial literacy.

For more info, contact Angela Waller at (773) 854-5275 or email angela.waller@lorettohospital.org.

Get financially literate at a free workshop On Saturday, Sept. 29, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Father Augustus Tolton Peace Center, 5645 W. Corcoran, the Chicago Westside NAACP and Catholic Charities of Chicao will host Keys to Financial Success — a free workshop featuring info on budgeting, saving, building and maintaining good credit, banking, investing and more.

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Episode 1: ‘What’s the big deal about Oak Park?’

Watching ‘America to Me’

There’s a lesson in this opening scene that frames the remainder of the first episode. James and his team masterfully reveal their own inadequacies and far-from-nimble attempts to engender trust between themBy MICHAEL ROMAIN selves and the students, who are highly soStaff Reporter phisticated at jostling for control of their This is the first in a series of reaction pieces own narratives.

That the filmmakers have, from the outset, to each episode in the 10-part docuseries, ceded narrative control to the students is obvi“America to Me,” currently airing each — it’s an exercise in active listening that ous Sunday at 8 p.m. on the Starz channel. is a staple of Steve James’ documentaries.

The first scene, however, also works to ‘The room numbers — that’s deep’ disarm any whites who may come into the The first scene of the first episode shows viewing experience with certain preconcepan African-American male student negoti- tions, namely that they’ll be made the vilating the terms of an interview about the lains in a great racial morality play. That’s explosive Black Lives Matter assembly that obviously not the case.

But there is racial tension nonetheless happened at OPRF during Black History and James shows how this often plays out, Month in 2015. in very real terms, when he The assembly was held exinterviews the whip-smart clusively for African-American Ke’Shawn Kumsa, an Afristudents — the school’s audican-American student who is torium, at least for that day, both supremely self-confident transformed into a protected and dangerously vulnerable space where black students (Aside: at certain points in could vent on their own terms the episode, Kumsa wears a about the way they are treated technicolor basketball jersey; WAT C H I N G at the high school. he looks like he could be the At the time, the assembly ‘A M E R I C A T O regal subject of a Kehinde Wiprovoked a harsh reaction ME’ EPISODE I ley painting). from some community mem“What’s the big deal about Oak Park?” bers and students (many if not most of them, presumably, white). James includes Kumsa asks, starkly announcing his posithose voices later in the episode, but only tion outside of the great liberal tradition as disembodied internet commenters. “It that the village has built for itself since the sounds like treason,” one comment reads, 1970s.

James, a longtime Oak Parker whose kids referencing the assembly. “#BlackRacismwent to OPRF, explains in a disembodied Matters” reads another.

“Did you go to the Black Lives Matter as- voiceover that the tradition that Kumsa dissembly?” someone behind the camera asks misses has to do with Frank Lloyd Wright and Ernest Hemingway and Percy Julian an unnamed black male student.

“Wait, I don’t get to ask the questions?” the (whose “home was firebombed twice,” James points out). student shoots back.

But the biggest deal of them all, James “Did we go over answering in complete sentences?” a voice from behind the camera notes, is the tradition that most Oak Parkers asks another student — an African-Ameri- pride themselves on; it has to do with the fact that the village resisted the phenomenon can female.

“I naturally do that when I talk, so umm,” of white flight — of whites who moved, en masse, to other places when blacks started the student responds.

And both instances of idealistic rhetoric, moving next door.

“The white people who fled were mostly whether we like it or not, echo this famous older and conservative,” James explains. claim of a glorified, but mythical pastime: “The white people who moved in were “Make America Great Again.” To which a younger and more liberal, wanting to be voice in Hughes’ poem replies, “America part of the American experiment in true di- never was America to me.”

Traditions, even great ones, can result versity.”

What Oak Park since then has learned, in blind spots if the kind of criticism that however, is that “diveranchors Hughes’ poem isn’t sity is not the same as taken into account. But how equity.” to confront that blindness is Therein lies the crux of easier said than done. what James and his team Race at OPRF, the film attempt to explore. How shows, is lived as an amoral can a bastion of liberalism, fact. It’s a series of real-life a national model of racial propositions, split-second deintegration, maintain such cisions, day-to-day tradeoffs. stark racial disparities Race is a conundrum built when it comes to how it atop layers and layers of Letter to the editor: educates its young people? decisions, some good, some Austin Weekly News How is Kumsa, a young bad, that actual, flesh-andblack man who, accordblood people are forced to 141 S. Oak Park Ave. ing to his mother, has navigate in the here and now.

Oak Park, IL 60302 lived in Oak Park since While viewing the first he was 3 years old (whose episode, I felt like the biracial own mother, we’ll see in freshman, Grant Lee, who the next episode, attendgets lost (literally and metaed OPRF) be so estranged phorically) trying to navigate from a liberal tradition OPRF (that massive, raciallythat was expressly meant charged maze). Lee not only to benefit blacks like him? has to contend with his own The irony frames the shyness and inexperience, he whole film series and is also has to contend with upannounced in the film’s per classmen who deliberatetitle, which is pulled from ly give him wrong directions a 1935 Langston Hughes to his algebra class for kicks poem, “Let America Be (which is a non-racial hazing America Again.” The ritual at the school). poem is Whitmanesque Aaron Podolner, a physics in a technical and stylisteacher at OPRF, describes the tic sense and also hauntinjustice of it all. ingly contemporary.

“The room numbers,” he says. “That’s The poem’s first stanza (“Let America be deep. The school was built in 17 different America again / Let it be the dream it used to parts or 17 different times. It’s just terribly be / Let it be the pioneer on the plain / Seek- obvious who a freshman is, because they ing a home where he himself is free.”) echoes have this vacant look in their eyes, almost a a chant by an unseen OPRF student on the sense of unfairness. They’re like, ‘How come first day of school (“We are OPRF … we em- 289 is not next to 288?” brace our diversity and our uniqueness, we That’s race, in a nutshell. thrive on opportunities given to us”).

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Interrupting trauma’s trajectory in schools A little over two weeks ago, Chicago Public Schools welcomed more than 400,000 students in over 600 schools. As each child filed into their schools, to begin their journey with an expectation to succeed, the sad reality is that a high percentage of these children are facing unimaginable challenges that may have a profound effect on their health.

Many CPS students are facing a major public health issue: exposure to violence that has left them traumatized — violence in their homes, communities and schools.

It is no secret that the children in Chicago are under siege, particularly children in the Austin community. They are experiencing high levels of traumatic stress that undermine their safety and trust.

According to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, “Child traumatic stress is the physical and emotional responses of a child to events that threaten the life or physical integrity of the child or of someone important to the child (i.e. a parent or a sibling).”

Constant exposure to violence can overwhelm a child’s capacity to cope. The stress from the exposure lowers the child’s tolerance for emotional and physical stress, which can result in behaviors such as fighting, defiance, checking out or isolation.

Childhood stress also affects a child’s ability to learn. It decreases the ability to focus and concentrate which can cause problems with learning and result in problems at school. The general reactions of the mainstream media and community leaders tends to merely blame the youth perpetrators of the violence in the community, without examining root causes or seeking to intervene with prevention policies or programs.

Finally, research has shown that children who experience traumatic stress have poor health outcomes. A landmark study in adverse childhood experiences revealed trauma experienced in childhood has been shown to increase the risks for serious

health conditions like cancer, substance abuse disorder, stroke, mental illness, sexually transmitted diseases, posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic heart conditions.

The trajectory of a traumatized child can be interrupted at several different levels.

Opportunities to interrupt lie within the child welfare system, education system and juvenile system. The educational system’s most prominent point of interruption to this pervasive issue is to adopt a traumainformed care approach that increases a student’s resiliency.

Children who receive trauma-informed services have increased prosocial behavior and improved mental health outcomes.

Studies show that effective interventions reduce the rate of recidivism. Other positive outcomes for children enrolled in a trauma-informed program include better coping skills, improved emotional and physical safety for students, and a decrease in discipline referrals, physical aggression incidents and out of school suspensions.

A trauma-informed approach suggests that violence or trauma is not symptomatic of “bad people,” rather it is a negative health outcome resulting from exposure to numerous risk factors. These risk factors are not limited to, but include: poverty and socioeconomic disadvantages, young single parents, social isolation of families, family disorganization, parental stress and distress, including depression or other mental health conditions; and parents history of domestic violence.

Everyone deserves to live the healthiest life possible. Trauma informed-care is about social justice and healing. Traumainformed care deserves the attention of CPS, because of trauma’s insidious nature and its effects on youth.

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it’s governing board and the center has made no secret that it has an active interest in the equity assurance program commission’s composition, the program’s policies and many of the program’s decisions. At one point, the nonprofit even submitted a slate of candidates it wanted to be on the program commission.

The nonprofit’s executive director, James Rudyk, has denied the alderman’s allegations, noting that the candidates that the nonprofit slated were not chosen and that there is only one commissioner on the program’s board who has any ties to the nonprofit.

The equity assurance program is one of three programs that were established throughout Chicago in the 1980s in what were then majority-white neighborhoods to address concerns that demographic changes would cause decline in property values.

All homes within each program’s area paid a special charge on top of their property taxes, creating a pool of money that could be used to compensate property owners for whatever losses they may have incurred when selling their properties.

The equity assurance program’s district includes Galewood and most of the neighborhoods further north, between Milwaukee District West Line, Milwaukee District North Line and Union Pacific Northwest Line railroad tracks.

The housing center nonprofit serves much of the same area, working to help home owners avoid foreclosure and helping new homeowners buy homes and encourage homeownership. Over the last few years, the nonprofit has been upfront about the fact that it was unhappy with the way the program was run and wanted to make changes.

In response to an inquiry by Austin Weekly News, Rudyk forwarded a copy of a letter he sent to Ferguson on July 13. In the letter, Rudyk wrote that since 2008, his organization has been trying to get equity assurance program to start issuing low-interest loans for home repair, something that another program, the Southwest Home Equity Assurance Program, had already started doing.

“During that time, we tried to meet with the NWHEAP Director Robin Larson, but found that on more than five occasions, she was not in the office,’ Rudyk wrote. “This raised red flags for us and the community.

We wanted to know how the program was operating and using resident tax dollars.”

After consulting with the city government, the nonprofit went so far as proposing its own slate of candidates for the commission. The original list didn’t get anywhere, and when it submitted a revise list, the city asked them to run it by aldermen who represent the district.

During the first half of this year, several commissioners have left the board, and appointing their replacements has taken several months. Each alderman within the district, including Taliaferro, gets a chance to nominate one commissioner.

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“Ms. Reyes was both a client and former part-time [sic] contractor employee of NWSHC,” he wrote. “She benefited from our Foreclosure Prevention services and we strongly believe this experience makes her an ideal candidate to administer a community loan program to her fellow residents.”

Austin Weekly News first became aware of Taliaferro’s complaint during the commission’s July 16 meeting — the first meeting of the newly appointed commission. At the time, the commissioners and equity assurance program director declined to share the copy of the complaint with this newspaper.

“I [sent a letter] to the Inspector General to see if it was his responsibility to look into my concerns as to whether or not the operations of the committee, as well as the operations of that program, were being done with complete transparency,” Taliaferro said in a recent interview.

“I was very concerned, based on the actions of some of the new appointees, that there was an effort to have that program’s purpose change, with that program to be overseen by the Northwest Housing Council,” he said.

Taliaferro did not elaborate on what those actions were, saying only that he was concerned about NWSHC, a private entity, having control over a taxing body, especially given the millions of dollars the program collected.

But during the July 16 meeting, one of the issues that came up during the discussion of the search for the program’s permanent executive director was Reyes submitting resumes of candidates the nonprofit supported.

She insisted that she was simply passing along whatever resumes got sent to her.

When Commissioner Thomas Simmons, who was nominated by Taliaferro, brought up the possibility that the nonprofit was interested in taking over the program, Reyes denied it.

“No, they don’t want to run the program,” she said. “They want to educate people about this program.”

Commissioners Andrea Mitchell and Kerry Murphy — who were nominated by Ald. John Arena (45th) and Ald. Nicholas Sposato (38th), respectively — both denied that the nonprofit had any influence over the program.

“I did talk to James [Rudyk] and [Director of Community Development] Julio [Rodriguez] from the Northwest Side Housing Center, and I never got the impression that they wanted to run this,” Murphy said. “Not once did anyone say, ‘You get on there, you give me a job.’”

Mitchell said that she was “shocked” by the letter.

Ultimately, the commissioners decided not to respond to the letter, with Commissioner Michael Saladino describing it as “nonsense.”

“Just leave it,” he said. “There’s nothing to defend, it’s nothing.”

In his letter to Ferguson, Rudyk denied Taliaferro’s allegations as well.

“We find the alderman’s baseless and nonfactual claims to be very concerning,” he wrote.

“This sets a very dangerous precedent that a government official can accuse a local nonprofit of a conflict of interest whenever they do not like the work that the non-profit is doing.”

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Thursday, September 6 6:30 – 7:30 PM Beat: 1512 & 1523 PCC Wellness Center, 5425 W. Lake St.

Wednesday, September 12 6:30 – 7:30 PM Beat: 1513N 15th District Community Room, 5701 W. Madison

Wednesday, September 5 6:00 – 7:00 PM Beat: 1522 & 1533 Loretto Hospital, 645 S. Central

Tuesday, September 11 6:30 – 7:30 PM Beat: 1511 & 1524 Hope Community Church, 5900 W. Iowa

Thursday, September 13 6:00 – 7:00 PM Beat: 1513S George R. Clark School, 1045 S. Monitor Ave.

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3151 West Harrison St. Phone: 312-746-8386 • CAPS.011District@chicagopolice.org Tuesday, September 4 6:30 – 7:30 PM Beat: 1111Brian Piccolo School, 1040 N. Keeler Thursday, September 6 6:00 – 7:00 PM Beat: 1112/21 Sanctuary Place, 642 N. Kedzie Tuesday, September 11 6:30 – 7:30 PM Beat: 1124/25 JLM Abundant Life Center, 2622 W. Jackson

Thursday, September 13 6:00 – 7:00 PM Beat: 1122/23 Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park

Thursday, September 20 6:00 – 7:00 PM Beat: 1113/14/15 St. Michael’s MBC, 4106 W. Monroe

Tuesday, September 18 6:00 – 7:00 PM Beat: 1133/34 Homan Square Community Center, 3559 W. Arthington

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BEETHOVEN | Symphony No. 9 (Choral)

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Sunday Oct. 7, 2018 - 4PM Concordia University Chapel

The Symphony Chorus, William Chin, Director Jessica Coe, Soprano • Julia Hardin, Mezzo-soprano Christian Ketter, Tenor • Daniel Eifert, Baritone Pre-Concert Conversation at 3PM with David Leehey Free parking in the garage located at 1124 N. Bonnie Brae Place (one block west of Harlem Avenue between Division and Thomas Streets) in River Forest. Chapel just west of garage exit.

FlexTix Subscriptions $125 for our fiveconcert season, $100 for Seniors 65+.

Single tickets: $28. Students through college attend free of charge.

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SERVICE COORDINATOR FOR MILLS PARK TOWER Mills Park Tower is a 198-unit Public Housing residence located in downtown Oak Park that houses a population composed predominately of seniors. The Oak Park Residence Corporation seeks a Service Coordinator to establish, organize, manage, and maintain the newly created HUD Ross Grant Service Coordination Program.

COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Community Service Officer in the Police Department. This position will perform a variety of public service, customer service and law enforcement related duties and responsibilities that do not require the services of a sworn police officer; and to perform a variety of administrative duties. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/.

Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than October 8, 2018.

DATA ENTRY/CUSTOMER SRVC Small local company has an opening for a Data Entry/Customer Service Rep. We are looking for an energetic self-starter, analytical mind, detail-oriented, advanced customer service and a positive professional attitude. The position requires: 2+ years customer service skills, strong interpersonal skills, ability to multi-task, flexible attitude, general AP/ AR, payroll knowledge, data entry skills. Full benefits, paid vacation & holidays. Submit cover letter & resume to datainputjob@ yahoo.com ELECTRICIAN’S HELPER PART-TIME Part-time Electrician’s Helper. Must have own transportation. Call for more info 708-738-3848.

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Public Health Nurse in the Health Department. This position will provide professional public health nursing services including management of family case management, health education and promotion which includes disseminating information, making referrals, and counseling as well as managing caseloads, and performing a variety of tasks relative to assigned area of responsibility. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/ jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than October 4, 2018.

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Reporting to the Manager of Mills Park Tower, position responsibilities will include: -Create and manage program to help link MPT residents to needed services offered by agencies and organizations throughout the community and beyond.

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Candidate Requirements: -Minimum 2-3 years of experience in social service delivery for seniors and/or people with disabilities.

-Bachelor’s degree, with a strong preference for candidates with a Bachelor of Social Work or a degree in Gerontology, Psychology, or Counseling.

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15 CH 1610 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, October 18, 2018, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-12-205-044-0000.

Commonly known as 2608 WEST HURON STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60612.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

(312) 357-1125. Ref. No. 16-01365 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3097838

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Plaintiff, vs.

OSCAR PULIDO Defendants, 18 CH 2910 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, October 19, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-04-217-012-0000.

Commonly known as 4823 West Kamerling Avenue, Chicago, IL 60651.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 17-043609 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3097931 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; CHANCERY DIVISION GMAC BANK; Plaintiff, vs.

LIOUBOV POPOVYTCH AKA L. POPOVYTCH AKA LIOUBOV POPOVYCH AKA LIOUBOV POPOVITCH; WINTRUST BANK SBM DIAMOND BANK, FSB; CITY OF CHICAGO AND ROMAN POPOVYTCH AKA ROMAN POPPOVYTCH AKA ROMAN POPOVYCH; Defendants,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; CHANCERY DIVISION AMERICAN ADVISORS GROUP Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF WILLIE J. WHITTEN, DECEASED, UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND LIENHOLDERS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF WILLIE J. WHITTEN, DECEASED, UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND LIENHOLDERS AGAINST THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF WILLIE J. WHITTEN, DECEASED, DYNETTE WHITTEN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THOMAS QUINN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF WILLIE J. WHITTEN, DECEASED Defendants 17 CH 13917 4647 W FULTON STREET CHICAGO, IL 60644 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 23, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 24, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

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Commonly known as 4647 W FULTON STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-10-313-0090000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $62,850.83.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS ISâ&#x20AC;? condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 2120-14130.

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor,

the Mortgagee or the Mortgageeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-14130 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 17 CH 13917 TJSC#: 38-6045 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 642406724-FT. If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgageeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 642406724-FT Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 18 CH 03555 TJSC#: 38-5543 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; CHANCERY DIVISION AMERIHOME MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC Plaintiff, -v.ALEJANDRA ORTIZ, CITY OF CHICAGO Defendants 18 CH 03555 5939 W. SUPERIOR STREET CHICAGO, IL 60644 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 22, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 23, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 5939 W. SUPERIOR STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-08-203-0090000.

The real estate is improved with a multi unit building containing two to six apartments.

The judgment amount was $254,619.01.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS ISâ&#x20AC;? condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA N.A., AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST AND FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2007-D1 ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES;

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Plaintiff, vs.

JIMMY L. HARDY; MARY A. MARTIN; CITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT; CITY OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 18 CH 3375 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-05-420-019-0000.

Commonly known as 956 North Massasoit Avenue, Chicago, IL 60651.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455 W18-0390.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3098326

Commonly known as 5718 West Superior, Chicago, IL 60644.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 14-024539 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3098348

other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 2911717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm. Please refer to file number 16-079020.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 16-079020 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 18 CH 1856 TJSC#: 38-6115 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 16-3976.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 16-3976 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 16 CH 11579 TJSC#: 38-7415 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 18-0894.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 18-0894 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 18 CH 02030 TJSC#: 38-7367 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I3098754

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BANK ONE, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR

BY MERGER TO THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, AS TRUSTEE FOR GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC., HOME EQUITY LOAN PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 1997-HE1 Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; GINA GLOVER, AKA GINA COLLINS; DESIMONIQUE GRAY, AKA DESIMONIQUE COLLINS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SUZANNE COLLINS, DECEASED; JULIE FOX, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SUZANNE COLLINS, DECEASED Defendants, 14 CH 15268 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-08-202-019-0000.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.HILLARY BRINSON A/K/A HILLERY J. BRINSON, FELICIA BRINSON Defendants 18 CH 1856 542 NORTH LEAMINGTON AVENUE Chicago, IL 60644 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 25, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 30, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 542 NORTH LEAMINGTON AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60644 Property Index No. 16-09-216-0330000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $153,864.37.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.ELIZABETH ROBERSON-YOUNG, CITY OF CHICAGO, UNKNOWN OWNRES AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 11579 2340 W. NORTH AVE., #3S Chicago, IL 60647 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 11, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 18, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2340 W. NORTH AVE., #3S, Chicago, IL 60647 Property Index No. 14-31-326-0831003 Vol. 533.

The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $172,789.71.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION LENDINGHOME MARKETPLACE, LLC. Plaintiff, -v.1ST CHOICE NORTH INC., AVIEL WILLIAMS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Defendants 18 CH 02030 4153 WEST ARTHINGTON STREET Chicago, IL 60624 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 5, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 16, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4153 WEST ARTHINGTON STREET, Chicago, IL 60624 Property Index No. 16-15-417-0030000.

The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence.

The judgment amount was $125,805.14.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.ADA L. BANKS Defendants 2018 CH 03885 1221 N MASSASOIT AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60651 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 5, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 30, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1221 N MASSASOIT AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60651 Property Index No. 16-05-229-0110000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire

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transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency

(driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-03236.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-03236 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 03885 TJSC#: 38-5740 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I3098381

FMV RL, LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

JAROSLAW GUGULSKI; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 18 CH 4860 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, October 29, 2018, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described real estate: P.I.N. 13-22-311-006-0000.

Commonly known as 3445 N. Kolmar Ave. Chicago, IL 60612.

The real estate is vacant land.

Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier’s or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds.

For information call Ms. Kristine M. Kolky at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, 111 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601-3713. (312) 527-4000.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3099062

-v.LATANYA THOMAS, CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2018 CH 01657 1258 S SAINT LOUIS AVE CHICAGO, IL 60623 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 26, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 7, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1258 S SAINT LOUIS AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60623 Property Index No. 16-23-202-0460000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney:

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-01118.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-01118 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 01657 TJSC#: 38-5542 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I3099773

BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-HE3 TRUST; Plaintiff, vs.

MACK LEWIS, JR. Defendants, 17 CH 15573 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-09-317-003-0000.

Commonly known as 147 NORTH LONG AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60644.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 17-038152 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3099722

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